Terry Oxford is an urban rooftop beekeeper in downtown San Francisco, California. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Terry is a long time activist and environmentalist. Terry's focus is natural, sustainable beekeeping and her goal is strong and healthy bees that require little human intervention and no chemical interference. Her desire is to expose the use of, and assist in banning systemic poisons (neonicotinoids, fungicides and herbicides.) in ornamental trees and plants at nurseries.

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2008-Present: Treatment Free, Sustainable Beekeeper and Advocate for Nature, San Francisco - Foot Soldier against the pesticide infrastructure and Big Agribusiness. Terry is a beeswax artist and poet, a five-time presenter at the California Academy of Science, activist, educator and speaker. Her urban San Francisco rooftop honey is a two time Good Foods Award winner (2016) and Finalist (2018). See Press Page for articles about UrbanBeeSF. And please buy and support systemic-free plants and trees only! The power of your spending habits is immense.

1992: Speaker and Activist for the Tobacco Ban in Restaurants and Bars - Speaker at Los Angeles City Council against the Tobacco Industry ~ Victory! First ever cigarette ban in restaurants passed in 1992. Worldwide domino effect. (Minutes after the ban passed, Marvin Braude, author of the legislation, put his arm around me and said my testimony swung the swing vote! I'm proud of that.)

1980's: Tree People, Los Angeles - Admin/Tree Hugger/Activist. At TreePeople, I learned about the delicate interconnection of trees flowers with birds and bees.